Being a celebrity and a hero in movies does not mean that you cannot be a hero in real life. We have gathered over ten famous people who acted while in critical situations and saved the lives of many people. In our list of Hollywood do-gooders, we found out these stars are superheroes in real life too. Their acts have made the headlines in the past years. Some of them broke fights and other have saved people from drowning or from accidents. Let’s check out their awesome stories.

20. Tom Hardy

Image By: bestlifeonline.com

The Mad Max: Fury Road star saved the day in London when he saw two teens that stole a moped and crashed it into a Mercedes. The teens ran and jumped over a few fences, but Tom Hardy sprinted after them and he caught them! Believe it or not, but he’s not the only celebrity to act so fast!

19. Clint Eastwood

Image By: msn.com

Eastwood was 83-years-old when he was at a golf tournament in California in 2014. The CEO of the event, Steve John, appeared to choke on a piece of cheese. Eastwood performed the Heimlich maneuver and saved the man by lifting him into the air. In an interview, John said how thankful he was for Clint saving his life.

18. Ryan Gosling

Image By: bestlifeonline.com

One day, the real-life hero Ryan Gosling was walking on 6th Avenue, in Manhattan and saw a woman who was trying to cross the street in huge traffic. The woman was British and she was looking in the opposite direction and didn’t see the car coming towards her. Then Ryan Gosling grabs her arm and says this thing…

17. Watch Out!

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: stars.topix.com

“Hey, watch out!” – said the actor. Then, he Twitted this story and the internet freaked out. Then, the girl that was saved reacted and wrote that probably the “the girl standing next to me, who confirmed Gosling’s identity, would have prevented me from meandering into an early grave.” However, this good deed wasn’t the only one…

16. Ryan Gosling, Again

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: bestlifeonline.com

The Manhattan hero was also walking one day down by St. Marks Place – also have you noticed how much he walks around the city? Well, during one of his walks, he saw a street fight and he decided to break it. And the moment was even caught on camera. Do you need any other proof to see he’s truly a hero?

15. Tom Cruise

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: bestlifeonline.com

Believe it or not, but the quirky star was a witness in a hit-and-run in Los Angeles and he immediately took out his phone and called 911. Then, he rushed to the woman that was in the accident and said there until the paramedics arrived. But that was not all!

14. A Kind Man

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: stars.topix.com

After the ambulance arrived, Cruise went with the woman in the vehicle, visited her at the hospital and paid her $7,000 medical bill. His spokesperson also stated in an interview that the actor even went back when the woman was released from the hospital “to check in on how she was doing."

13. Hugh Jackman

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: bestlifeonline.com

Hugh Jackman might be the superhero in X-Men, but he was also a hero in real life. A few years ago, his son got caught in a riptide and Jackman immediately jumped and swam to bring his son back to the shore.

And he was not the only celebrity to jump into the water and save someone from drowning.

12. Gerard Butler

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: msn.com

In 1997, Gerard Butler was in Scotland, on a picnic day at Taymouth Castle. He heard a screaming boy and as Butler ran to the riverbank, he saw a 14-year-old boy in the water. When talking to the Herald, Butler said that he acted instinctively: "when I brought him out he was lifeless. I'm just glad he's all right now."

11. Kate Winslet

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: bestlifeonline.com

Kate Winslet was enjoying her holiday at Richard Branson’s Necker Island home. However, at 4:00am she was woken up by a fire that was caused by a lightning strike. Winslet immediately woke up and got her kids out of the house, but she wasn’t done with saving yet…

10. Saving People

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: stars.topix.com

The celebrity went back into the burning house and carried Branson’s 90-year-old mother out of the house. In a blog post, Branson wrote how thankful he was that Winslet saved his old mother from the house. This next famous guy also saved a man’s life from fire.

9. Jamie Foxx

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: bestlifeonline.com

Outside Foxx’s house, a man drove his car into a drainage ditch, his car got flipped over and believe it or not, it caught fire! Foxx saw the entire accident and got to the man, cut his seatbelt and dragged him to safety. He said that he didn’t consider is act as being heroic.

8. Harrison Ford

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: stars.topix.com

When two girls climbed the Table Mountain, in Wyoming, one of them collapsed due to exhaustion. The other one called for rescue and it soon came – the guy who flew the helicopter to save the hikers was none other than Harrison Ford. How was that possible?

7. Flying a Different Ship

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: bestlifeonline.com

It was not a Millennium Falcon, but it was Ford piloting it and rescuing people who needed help. He helps Teton County the money a private pilot would ask in case of such rescue mission. One word: AWESOME!

Also, did you know what Steve Buscemi did before he became an actor?

6. Steve Buscemi

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: cbsnews.com

We’ve never thought of Steve Buscemi as having a different career than being an actor. Well, we couldn’t be more wrong. He was a New York City firefighter! And after being the city’s hero on a regular day’s work, he also did this next amazing thing…

5. After the Attack…

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: bestlifeonline.com

After the attack on 9.11, Buscemi put back his uniform and returned to the firehouse where he previously worked. There, he worked for a few days and helped the firefighters search for survivors. On his Facebook page, he wrote:

"It was a privilege to be able to do it. It was great to connect with the firehouse I used to work with and with some of the guys I worked alongside."

4. Vin Diesel

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: bestlifeonline.com

Isn’t it weird and so fitting that Vin Diesel’s act of heroism was tied to a car crash? He was riding his motorcycle in Hollywood when he saw a car swerve, flip over and then suddenly catch fire. Diesel stopped and pulled the driver and his two children out of the car before it erupted in flames.

3. Zoe Saldana

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: msn.com

Zoe Saldana helped an old woman who was injured in a car crash. She called 911 and stayed with the woman until the paramedics arrived. She also returned to the wrecked car and took out a handbag and a sweater to give to the woman, said an onlooker in an interview with People.

2. Brad Pitt

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: bestlifeonline.com

While Brad Pitt was in the production of World War Z, it was said that he saw an extra falling down as 700 other people were running. He ran to her and pulled her out of that stampeded. We hope that the sequel will be accident-free.

1.Arnold Schwarzenegger

ADVERTISEMENT

Image By: bestlifeonline.com

The Governator was in Hawaii in 2004 when he saw a swimmer drowning. The famous movie star, and political official at that time, swam to the man, pulled him out of the water with a boogie board and took him to the shore.